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Climate change creates many intestinal bacteria
Climate change is the main cause of some intestinal infectious bacteria in Northern Europe. This is unusual because the bacteria often grow in warm and tropical environm…
Infectious Disease
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Environment
What happens to humanity when the temperature of the earth increases by 4 degrees C?
More than two decades ago, public health experts warned: Climate change will harm human health.
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No one dared to set foot in the middle of New York
Just less than 2km from Manhattan - one of the most densely populated places in the world - less than 2 kilometers away, a small, unknown island has been abandoned for a…
Videos
Video: Signs that you have dengue fever
Dengue fever is an acute infectious disease caused by a virus called Dengue (Dague). Mosquito-borne mosquitoes carry blood from the sick to healthy people.
Science story
The truth about the first person to find the vaccine
Louis Pasteur is recognized by the world as the father of vaccines, but the first person to lay the foundation for vaccination is Edward Jenner, an honorary doctor in th…
Science story
The most famous scientific failures in history
The saying 'failure is a successful mother' is probably right in the field of scientific research. In order to achieve a scientific achievement, researchers must perform…
Medicine - Health
Meningococcal disease quickly kills the patient's life
The reservoir of meningococcal bacteria in nature is in humans, so the main source of infection is patients and healthy people carrying bacteria.
Medicine - Health
What happens when flies land on your food?
Flies carry bacteria from the last place they set their feet and can lay eggs on food if they are female, according to Tasting Table.
Medicine - Health
Hand, foot and mouth disease in the season: Things to know
Hand, foot and mouth disease is a viral infection occurring in young children that is easy to cause a large epidemic but does not have a specific medication. Young child…
Medicine - Health
South Korea discovered new cases of MERS infection
The 61-year-old man was diagnosed with Middle Eastern respiratory tract respiratory syndrome (MERS), currently treated and isolated in Seoul.
Medicine - Health
Whether you go heavy, go lightly or go to the bathroom to look in the mirror, you should wash your hands
When scientists hide in the toilet, they count only 67% of people wash their hands before going out. Many people, especially men, do not do this after urinating.
Medicine - Health
Self-detectable infectious disease kits will save millions of lives
This device helps detect early infectious diseases such as malaria, has the ability to save millions of lives and minimize the impact of disease in areas prone to infect…
Medicine - Health
Prevention and treatment of Japanese encephalitis
Japanese encephalitis is an acute infectious disease because a virus has an affinity for brain tissue. The disease often leaves serious sequelae and high mortality rates.
Medicine - Health
Ebola nightmare turned around: 19 people died
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the Ebola virus has raised its head in Africa from April 4 to May 13 and caused painful deaths recently announced…
Medicine - Health
Can dengue fever be transmitted sexually?
The discovery of the virus in the patient's semen causes researchers to suspect that the possibility of dengue dengue may spread through sex.